Becoming a Donor

Establishing a fund – or contributing to an existing fund – at The Community Foundation is simple. A variety of assets are acceptable as gifts and the staff is happy to help you identify the appropriate course for giving.

All approved contributions are tax deductible.

Gifts may be made to:

Gifts of cash may be made by check or wire transfer. Please contact the Foundation at 904-356-4483 for wire transfer instructions. Send checks by mail to:

The Community Foundation, Inc.
121 West Forsyth St., Suite 900
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Publicly traded stock may be transferred to the Foundation electronically or by a stock power and letter of authorization.

For your convenience, the Foundation has brokerage accounts at a variety of brokerage firms that can be used to transfer stock gifts to the Foundation electronically. Please let us know as soon as possible when transferring stock to the Foundation so that our broker can be alerted to accept the gift, and so we may acknowledge the gift properly and promptly.

When transferring stock certificates to the Foundation, please provide a signed stock power and letter of authorization.

For detailed information about how to make a gift of publicly traded stock to the Foundation or for gifts of restricted, closely-held or other non-publicly traded assets, please contact Grace Sacerdote or Jackie Werner at 904-356-4483.